Three days after the end of the battle, Yelumo, who returned to Dingzhou City in embarrassment, issued an order, that is, the entire Khitan army withdrew from all the previously captured cities of the Great Song Dynasty except for Yanmen Pass.

With the issuance of his order, this Song-Liao war can be regarded as a temporary draw.

For Yelumo's order, in fact, there were still some people who opposed it at first, thinking that it was just that Bianliang City had not been defeated, and it was not enough to give up the fruits of the war that had been handed over before.

However, after Yelu Mo gave an approximate casualty ratio of the casualties of the Liao and Song dynasties in the Battle of Bianliang and the Battle of Lanyuan, all the Khitans closed their mouths and obediently prepared to retreat, and even the Empress Dowager Xiao, who was about to attack, did not speak.

What kind of number is this, and why does it make the entire Liao country so panicked?

The figure given by Yelu Mo is twenty to one, that is, it takes twenty Khitans to die before one Song soldier dies, and this is all because the cavalry behind the circle and the troops encircling and suppressing Li Jiguang contributed some Song casualties, otherwise the ratio would be even greater.

Later, the Liao side came up with another figure, that is, after the start of the entire Song-Liao War, the casualties ratio of the Liao and Song Dynasty was about four to one, which was the result of a big victory in the early stage.

When these two numbers came out, the way the entire Liao Kingdom looked at the Song Empire underwent a complete change, and they also began to have a preliminary understanding of the era of hot weapons brought by Zhao Weiji.

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However, after the Liao State withdrew all the Great Song cities except for Yanmen Pass, the Song Empire did not take it over at the first time.

It's not that Zhao Weiji doesn't want to accept it, but he doesn't have time to accept it. Because there are servants who take advantage of the time when he leads troops to resist Liao. quietly returned to Beijing and prepared to compete for the throne.

These three are none other than them. It is Zhenzong's three younger brothers, Zhao Yuanfen, the king of Shang, Zhao Yuanpan, the king of Yue, and Zhao Yuanwei, the king of Zhen.

When Kou Zhun passed the news of the return of these three people to Beijing to the front line, Zhao Weiji's nose was crooked, and you disappeared when Bianliang City was besieged, if it wasn't for Lao Tzu who rushed back from North America thousands of miles away, Bianliang City would be gone.

Now Lao Tzu has finished the battle. You guys went back to Beijing to pick up ready-made, how can there be such a good thing in the world.

At this time, Zhao Weiji secretly swore that he couldn't get the throne, and he couldn't give this goods, it was a big deal to give it to the old man Zhao Yuanyan, this person seemed to be the future Eight Sages King.

Although he thought so, Zhao Weiji hurried back to the capital, after all, the throne still has to sit under his ass to be sure, and some things must be implemented by being the emperor.

Just as Zhao Weiji was on his way back, there was already a lot of noise in the palace in the capital. Due to the suddenness of Shinzong's death, he did not leave any testament. Who the heir to the throne really is, no one can say.

It stands to reason that if the third child dies and has no queen, then the fourth Zhao Yuanfen should inherit the throne, but Zhao Yuanfen has a huge problem, that is, this product is not very literate, and Zhao Yuanfen, who has never planned to compete for the throne since he was a child, has always been demanding himself according to the standards of a gentleman.

In addition to studying, he, the prince, has done a lot of things in the past few years, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and he is even better at hunting.

Because Zhao Weiji introduced football to the Song Dynasty in advance, this gentleman was also fascinated by football, and it is said that he also funded the establishment of a football club and raised a group of players to play football with him.

Such a thing suddenly one day may be able to inherit the throne, not to mention that others did not expect it, even he himself did not expect it.

However, because of this, he did not expect it, so he encountered the greatest opposition, and the ministers were unwilling to take over the Great Song Dynasty with such a "player". As a result, there are the fewest officials in the DPRK and China who stand under him.

Since the fourth is the player, what about the fifth? Lao Wu is a talented man, not only talented, but also inherited the tradition of Taizong's one-handed flying white.

However, the fifth child has the biggest trouble, that is, he can't have children, once a person who can't give birth sits on the throne of the emperor, when he is a hundred years later, trouble will appear again, which is not a good thing for Jiangshang Sheji.

As a result, King Yue was almost on the verge of being out.

The only thing left is Zhao Yuanwei, the king of Zhen, although his knowledge is not as good as that of King Yue, but it is much stronger than that of King Shang, and because he already has a son, the problem of heirs is no longer a trouble.

It seems that this person is more suitable, and nearly half of the ministers support him to succeed to the throne, but the main rulers of the DPRK headed by Kou Zhun are not optimistic about this person.

They hope that Zhao Weiji can come back in time to inherit the throne, in addition to Zhao Weiji's super high prestige and strong ability in both military and political aspects, more importantly, once Zhao Weiji succeeds to the throne, the order of succession of the throne of the Great Song Dynasty will be able to return to the hands of Taizu, which is what many ministers, especially those who are close to Taizu, hope to see.

What's more, they also have a strong supporter, and that is the empress Guo of Emperor Zhenzong. For the sake of his own status, the Guo family did not want the brothers of the True Sect to inherit the unification.

Because if the brothers of Zhenzong inherit the unification, the queen mother is actually the imperial sister-in-law at most, and the younger generation is not very able to suppress the later emperor in many things.

But Zhao Weiji's succession to the throne is different, although Zhao Weiji is almost the same as Zhenzong and Guo's in terms of age, but after all, he is a son and nephew, and he is a generation shorter.

If he inherits the throne, he will be more justified as the queen mother.

In this way, even with the support of more ministers, King Zhen was still not able to inherit the throne before Zhao Weiji returned.

Under the constant dispute between the court and China over the succession to the throne, Zhao Weiji finally returned to Bianliang City. Zhao Weiji, who had already learned about the situation in Beijing on the way, the first thing he did when he returned to the capital was to meet the Guo family.

In addition to the fact that the nominal leadership of the DPRK and China was temporarily assumed by the Kwok family because the heir had not been agreed upon for a long time, there were also factors that wanted to curry favor with the Kwok family.

Don't look at this woman who doesn't have much power in her hands now, but her words are more effective than the ministers arguing for ten days and half a month. As long as she can win her full support, basically half of the throne will sit under Zhao Weiji's ass.

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"See the Queen." After arriving at the palace, Zhao Weiji visited the Guo family for the first time.

"King Wuyue, please get up, I don't know what happened to the Khitans, whether they have been repelled."

"Hong Fu of Niangniang, the minister did not disgrace his mission to defeat the Khitan army in Lanyuan, and now the other party has withdrawn from the territory of the Great Song Dynasty."

The two chatted like this for a while, all chatting about something that everyone already knew, and after almost a cup of tea, Guo finally couldn't help it.

"King Wu Yue, Zhao Weiji, the mourning family asks you. The first emperor has been dead for many days, and the throne has been unresolved, I don't know what your opinion is about King Wu Yue? ”

When Zhao Weiji heard this, he knew that the main topic had finally come. Guo's question is very clever, ask you what is Zhao Weiji's opinion? It was just for advice, and it didn't say who should inherit it. Besides, Zhao Weiji can't say here that I think I'm more suitable, or I'll come.

Zhao Weiji hurriedly knelt down and replied: "The minister is only the king of the side branch, and he does not dare to express any opinion on the issue of the throne, and the ministers and the returning soldiers all obey the will of the queen, and all this should be decided by the queen." ”

Zhao Weiji said this, although he said on the surface that he had no opinion, and who your queen said was who, but he also vaguely expressed that he had an army in his hands, and it was an army that had just triumphantly bowed to him.

As soon as she heard Zhao Weiji say this, the queen probably understood, but she understood that she still had to fight for her own interests.

So the queen next said such a paragraph: "King Wu Yue, if the mourning family appoints you as the successor to the throne, how should the mourning family deal with themselves." ”

To put it bluntly, if you come, you will give me no benefit.

"Such as Empress Zhaoxian."

Empress Zhaoxian here is actually the biological mother of Taizu Taizong, the original Empress Dowager Du. After Empress Dowager Du became emperor, she gave Taizu great help, and thus enjoyed great rights. Is it still involved in Taizu's politics? And the legendary Golden Kui Alliance was also established under her auspices.

Therefore, as soon as Guo heard about Empress Zhaoxian, he understood that Zhao Weiji would give her great respect and enough rights. Guo himself also knew that Zhao Weiji would definitely not give himself exactly according to the treatment of Empress Dowager Du, but as long as he had half of Empress Dowager Du's treatment, it was basically enough.

After hearing Zhao Weiji's words, Guo nodded: "The mourning family is tired today, so please ask King Wu Yue to kneel down first." ”

After Zhao Weiji left the palace, he did not go back to the palace directly, but turned around and went to Kou Zhun's mansion, after basically getting the queen mother, he needed to know how many ministers in the court did not support him.

After Zhao Weiji entered Kou Zhun's mansion, he didn't make any greetings, and went straight to the point, in front of Kou Zhun, Zhao Weiji didn't make any demonstration of his desire for the throne, he just wanted to know how many people were in front of him.

Kou Zhun, who had already sensed Zhao Weiji's ambitions, was not surprised by Zhao Weiji's single-handed entry at this time, and he directly told Zhao Weiji about the people who now supported King Zhen.

"Pingzhong, you and I tell you directly, how many of these people are the hardcore of the town king, and how many are we can win over." Zhao Weiji's words were very explicit.

He directly pointed out the real purpose of the so-called support, except for some irons, it is nothing more than for profit, and the righteousness of etiquette is just that.

Since it is for the sake of interests, if you give higher benefits, it is a natural thing to defect. After all, the so-called loyalty is not enough just the price offered.

After Kou Zhun thought about it, he listed the people who probably accounted for the other party, and bluntly said that these people could be co-opted.

"Lord Wang, how are you going to win over these people?"

Zhao Weiji smiled: "I will make a condition that they can't refuse." (To be continued......)